I get your point about the Chrysler, but the Ridgeline has a 300lb higher payload capacity than a Tacoma, and has always had a spare tire in the cargo box. Yes, it sucks if you get a flat and the bed is full lumber, but it absolutely has a spare. 

False. My wife’s new Honda had 6 miles, and her Nissan had 9. My dad’s BMW had 4 miles. 

Devil’s advocate here: the semiconductor industry was deemed critical infrastructure as it supports just about everything: data centers, communication, healthcare, defense, etc, and rightly so. With more people than ever working from home and stressing network infrastructure, semiconductor demand is high to keep…

The US two-party system is so entrenched at this point that I doubt any president on each side could bring down the entire party. Look at history: Nixon didn’t bring down the Republicans, and Carter didn’t bring down the Democrats.

Truman was absolutely despised by both parties during his first term, and only barely…

Easy. Mercedes 450SL convertible, in burgundy, with hardtop and soft top. It’s been my mom’s favorite car for as long as I can remember, but she’s never owned one. She’d prefer a manual, but I don’t think the 450s offered them, only the 280/300s, and she’s explicitly stated she wants the 450.

Ah, you right. Fat fingered it. 

I actually had a 1992 automatic E30 convertible. Do NOT get an automatic E30. That automatic sucks all joy out of what’s otherwise a glorious drivetrain, and knocks something like 2 seconds off the 0-60 time. It’s bad.

Fellow mechanical engineer here. I followed pretty much the exact same path: applied to a bunch of schools, ended up at the in-state one since it was much cheaper and has a well-respected engineering program, studied my ass off, and joined Baja SAE. The Baja team shared a shop with the Formula SAE team, so there was a…

I don’t have links, but I am a mechanical engineer, and have looked into this a little bit.

It really comes down to cost and efficiency. Motors aren’t the largest cost items for an EV, the battery pack is (by a wide margin). Next is typically the controller/charger, depending on how sophisticated it is, and lastly,…

Didn’t the GMC XUV do this in a different fashion, but to similar overall effect?

An $800 Alfa is going to need a LOT more than $400 in repairs...

There’s an electric Bronco restmod for raffle on Omaze. I’d love to see what that can do in actual offroad conditions (assuming the winner dared scratch the paint). https://www.omaze.com/products/electric-gateway-bronco

Yeah, that’s really odd. If only there were nationally certified codes and handbooks detailing exactly how large pipes need to be for a given load...

I seriously doubt you’d be disappointed. 

And it’s just so funny that the millionth car from this company rolled out of that dumbass assembly line in a tent.

Haha me too. I’m part of the YJ owners group on FB, and all of them mercilessly mock the whole angry eye thing. So dumb. 

Well, to be fair to the target market here, this Twingo would likely be used in cities that already have vastly superior public transit than the US. Intercity trains, ferries, etc are far more robust in Europe than the US, so there’s less of a requirement for vehicles that travel long ranges for many population…

Lincoln City is a coastal town on the very wet Oregon coast. Oregon cars typically don’t get much rust since we don’t salt the roads in snow, but all bets are off for vehicles that live on the coast.

This is an extreme example, but if you see a rusty car in Oregon, odds are pretty good it’s a coastal car.